MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN, cilt.1, ss.13-16, 2012 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study was conducted to determine lead bioaccumulation in gill, muscle and hepatopancreas
tissues of the Mediterranean Green Crab, Carcinus aestuarii (Nardo, 1947) which exposed to sublethal
concentrations of lead in vivo effect for 14 days. Lead accumulation in tissues of C.aestuarii was
th observed as gill>muscle>hepatopancreas in the end of 7 day and as gill>hepatopancreas>muscle in
th the end of 14 day. As a result of test, it was found that lead bioaccumulation in tissues of C. aestuarii
-1 that was exposed to different concentrations of lead (0.025; 0.05; 0.1 and 1.0 mg L ) was increased in
line with the ambient lead concentration of and time of exposure. In addition, the most accumulation
was determined in gills.